Arturo Ripstein
Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director. Ripstein got his break into movies working as an uncredited assistant director for Luis Buñuel. In 1965, he directed his first feature, Tiempo de Morir. Written by Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García... Read full bio →
La virgen de la lujuria
In 1940s Vera Cruz, Nacho, a Native waiter, loves Lola, an addict who pines for wrestler Gardenia Wilson. Political exiles fuel her Franco assassination plans while Nacho blends reality with The Mikado's plot.
Profundo carmesí
The life of a man who preys on unsuspecting women for a living is changed when he finds an accomplice in the woman who loves and controls him.
Cadena perpetua
After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.
El lugar sin límites
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.
El castillo de la pureza
A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.
Tiempo de morir
A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of the slain man are gunning for the man who killed their father.